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Answer To Monday's Brain Teaser

The question posed was this -

In whose world might a pathetic cuckoo attend a funeral march in a tempest, and join a passionate hunt by moonlight in spring?

I was looking for a composer - Beethoven and the question contain the nicknames of eight of his sonatas, all but one of them for piano.

Piano sonata no.8 is the Pathetique; no.25 is the Cuckoo; no.12 is the Funeral March and no.17 the Tempest. No.23 is the Appassionata, no.18 the Hunt and no.14 the Moonlight. And the odd one out is the final one, Spring, which is the name of his violin sonata No.5 in F major.

And here is one of those exquisite sonatas.

Beethoven - Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

Piano: William Kempff
Date of Performance: January 23, 1996

Answer To Monday's Brain Teaser

The question posed was this -

In whose world might a pathetic cuckoo attend a funeral march in a tempest, and join a passionate hunt by moonlight in spring?

I was looking for a composer - Beethoven and the question contain the nicknames of eight of his sonatas, all but one of them for piano.

Piano sonata no.8 is the Pathetique; no.25 is the Cuckoo; no.12 is the Funeral March and no.17 the Tempest. No.23 is the Appassionata, no.18 the Hunt and no.14 the Moonlight. And the odd one out is the final one, Spring, which is the name of his violin sonata No.5 in F major.

And here is one of those exquisite sonatas.

Beethoven - Sonata No. 23, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

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Piano: William Kempff
Date of Performance: January 23, 1996

Wednesday Music Selection

Apart from the PCO today's selection here is all classical.


Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Scherzo And Trio

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

The sonata has three movements:
0:00​ 1 mvt: Adagio sostenuto
6:00​ 2 mvt: Allegretto
8:05​ 3 mvt: Presto agitato


Edgard Varèse - Octandre

Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass (1923)
I. Asses lent
II. Très vif et nerveux
III. Grave -- Animé et jubilatoire

ASKO Ensemble
Riccardo Chailly

Morton Feldman - Why Patterns? (1978)

Morton Feldman (1926-1987): Why Patterns? for flute, glockenspiel and piano (1978).

The California EAR Unit:
Dorothy Stone, flute
Arthur Jarvinen, glockenspiel
Gaylord Mowrey, piano
Cover image: painting by Mark Rothko.


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